Short Hammond Poems

That Hammond B3 can spit and growl,
Any other organ will throw in the towel...
Add a nice Rhodes piano  to the mix,
And you have a sound that you'll never need to fix

Ah, a chance at a pipe organ would be ecstasy,
And likely the highlight of my life,
But a hot jam with good musicians,
Is more orgasmic than the most beautiful a wife....

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The visiting doctor, the pediatrician,
the family man - came and played
He played on our Hammond organ,
sat on the storage bench, opened
one of the books. Those compassionate fingers
ran across the keys and leapt into our memories.
My sister was home sick, and he came
and he cared for her and pleasurable
was his visit, as my mom would recall for us....

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Grey was his wig and angry was his mood
On that fateful day I served him his food.

The sudden silence in his court was deafening and
Oh, it remained so till the very end.

He wasn't prepared to listen to me
Even when all things proved my innocence.
Lawyer Hammond, thanks for making him now see.
Later, I'll apologize for saying the first letters vertically!...

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